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Old 09-26-21, 10:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Who do you think would win a bowling game here? I bet big john bowled back in the day.

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My best is 175. Usually good for 140 or so when I rolled at least once a month.
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Old 09-27-21, 12:31 AM
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Originally Posted by sbxx1985
I was behind a cyclist towing a trailer with a bigger small dog and her purse on Friday. Bad pass in rush hour traffic.
so a medium sized dog?
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Old 09-27-21, 04:00 AM
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Originally Posted by genejockey
Except for the rims, spokes, and nipples. And spoke prep.

I was pricing it out in my mind. It's gonna cost me at least $300 to build these. I can get a pair of Fulcrum Racing 4's for only $350 from PBK.
$50.00 for the experience and pride of building and riding your own wheels? That's not that expensive. Totally worth it..
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Old 09-27-21, 04:02 AM
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Originally Posted by LAJ
Last race of the season today. A hill climb. (hurl) 2828 feet elevation gain in 9.1 miles, 3 miles of it on dirt. Washboard, loose, open to traffic. It really sucked. 6th place, but I sure had to work for it.
Nice! Good job !
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Old 09-27-21, 05:09 AM
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Wondering how many work emails I will have to triage after two weeks out of the office.
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Old 09-27-21, 05:40 AM
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
My best is 175. Usually good for 140 or so when I rolled at least once a month.
I doubt I ever topped 150.
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Old 09-27-21, 05:44 AM
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Feels like a Monday.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
I doubt I ever topped 150.
Pounds? I got to 160 for a med school experiment, I had to agree to gain 10% of my weight and keep it on for a month, and get subjected to an evil insulin clamp study before and after the weight gain. The things poor medical students will do for $500!

p.s. I know you are talking bowling. Being cute.
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Old 09-27-21, 05:51 AM
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6 month cardiologist follow up today. That's the least of my 99 problems. Hopefully it will not be an issue if/when I start riding again.
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Old 09-27-21, 06:07 AM
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Originally Posted by datlas
Pounds? I got to 160 for a med school experiment, I had to agree to gain 10% of my weight and keep it on for a month, and get subjected to an evil insulin clamp study before and after the weight gain. The things poor medical students will do for $500!
Did you eat differently? Just more?
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Old 09-27-21, 06:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Did you eat differently? Just more?
They gave me as much "Boost" which is like Ensure that I wanted. I would drink 4-6 of them/day (at 350 calores/can) along with eating more food. It only took 6 weeks to gain the weight. It took about 4 months to lose it.
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Old 09-27-21, 06:33 AM
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
Though, not having been to an amusement park in more than two decades, I do have to wonder how atrocious her diet looks.
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wut is a Six Flags "meal plan"?
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Old 09-27-21, 06:59 AM
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Originally Posted by DougRNS
Ok, I knew that. I thought you might have to get mail, pay bills, get cat, get ready for work tomorrow, clean and service bike, get groceries, do laundry etc. Having nothing to do after being away for so long seemed odd to me.
#DSFDF
Cat stayed home. I have a great primary cat sitter and good backups. No. 1 takes in the mail and stacks it neatly. (She likes to stack and organize things. Last time I was away she staked the backup cat food cans I had sitting in a bag next to the cans in boxes. She also stacked some old cards and books strewn about the top of a dresser in the room where the litter box is. I think she's got a bit of OCD, and I mean that in a good way.) Only one bill that is not due until the end of the month, and I will make an auto payment via phone. Plenty of clean clothes as I did laundry before I left and actually did a load in town the evening before the last day of riding. I did go shopping for real food, but that was optional as I have plenty of places around my house to order takeout from. I rarely clean bikes, but I did remember to unpack and air out my tent.
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Originally Posted by datlas
Feels like a Monday.
Same
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
wut is a Six Flags "meal plan"?
You can buy one or two meal plans:

What is a Member Dining Pass? - (sixflags.com)
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Old 09-27-21, 07:36 AM
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
Wondering how many work emails I will have to triage after two weeks out of the office.
Nothing worse than coming back and finding you have six waiting for you, but they are all ads.
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Old 09-27-21, 07:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Mojo31
Nothing worse than coming back and finding you have six waiting for you, but they are all ads.
The number wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. And we have an aggressive spam filter. Every day we get one spam report message. Open it and it shows the sender and subject of each filtered email. I do a quick scan. I cannot remember the last time (if ever) something important ended up being flagged as spam.
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
You can buy one or two meal plans:

What is a Member Dining Pass? - (sixflags.com)
Link doesn't say what that means. I see with the highest level membership you can get 50% off food, but I suspect that's probably no cheaper than regular fast food.
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
Cat stayed home. I have a great primary cat sitter and good backups. No. 1 takes in the mail and stacks it neatly. (She likes to stack and organize things. Last time I was away she staked the backup cat food cans I had sitting in a bag next to the cans in boxes. She also stacked some old cards and books strewn about the top of a dresser in the room where the litter box is. I think she's got a bit of OCD, and I mean that in a good way.) Only one bill that is not due until the end of the month, and I will make an auto payment via phone. Plenty of clean clothes as I did laundry before I left and actually did a load in town the evening before the last day of riding. I did go shopping for real food, but that was optional as I have plenty of places around my house to order takeout from. I rarely clean bikes, but I did remember to unpack and air out my tent.
Sounds like indyfabz is more organized/efficient than DougRNS.
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
The number wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. And we have an aggressive spam filter. Every day we get one spam report message. Open it and it shows the sender and subject of each filtered email. I do a quick scan. I cannot remember the last time (if ever) something important ended up being flagged as spam.
I have a bad case of FOMO so I still scan my spam. Problem is spam volume has increased drastically in the past few weeks and the volume is so high I may have to stop looking.
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Old 09-27-21, 08:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Mojo31
Nothing worse than coming back and finding you have six waiting for you, but they are all ads.
For 10 years I was the only one doing the kind of work I do at the dealer and they were always reluctant to let me have a vacation. One time I took a week off and the service writers told customers I would be back Monday so when I came in Monday there were 35 cars waiting for me in addition to whatever else came in on a normal Monday. It was ridiculous.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Link doesn't say what that means. I see with the highest level membership you can get 50% off food, but I suspect that's probably no cheaper than regular fast food.
Reading comprehension is fundamental:

"A Member Dining Pass gives you either lunch and a snack (with a Basic Dining Membership) or lunch, dinner and a snack (with a Deluxe Dining Membership)."
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
Reading comprehension is fundamental:

"A Member Dining Pass gives you either lunch and a snack (with a Basic Dining Membership) or lunch, dinner and a snack (with a Deluxe Dining Membership)."
Are you feeding the Vol Troll?
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